Reply #5: I see now...here's another paragraph [View All]

[blonndee]

here's some more

Five of the seven Senate signatories to yesterday's letter -- including Warner, the bipartisan resolution's chief author -- had voted Monday to block the debate. By showing party solidarity, they had hoped to pressure Democrats into allowing the consideration of other nonbinding measures, namely two that are more supportive of the administration's policy. But Democratic leaders refused to relent, and the long-awaited war debate -- or at least the opening chapter -- ended almost as soon as it began.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/07/AR2007020702550.html